SO IS THIS THE WAY IT IS DONE?

      When the Founding Fathers imagined the government of this country they figured on logic, on order, on democracy, and yes, on privilege - or on the burden of responsibility of those to whom much is given so much must be returned. For many decades that was the way it was, with democracy and the right to vote being expanded, even as the higher elements of society placed the hats of a son or two into the political ring. It was called public service and no, I am not a Pollyanna, thinking that they were all angels. I know that power was a major factor, that and prominence, but also a sense of pride, of service, of destiny. 
      But this seems to have been lost and the question now is - is this the way it is done.  Trump has openly stated that the way to power is through fear. Fear! Is that the way it is done now? Is that what we use to run the government of the United States? Is that how we want to function?
    I believe it is not, and most positively speaking, of late it appears that the fear of the power of this man to ruin everything, is waning Most of the leaders of the world are openly derisive towards and about him, and it seems he earns only the praise of other dictators, and even then, many now have the 'courage' to shout back. Like a roiling and undisciplined bunch of kindergartners.
     So who is afraid any longer? Even the Republican wimps are beginning to stand a tad, just a tad, straighter, taller, but still are not openly rebelling, just sending out a whole bunch of whispers and possibilities. Will they follow through? Will the same members who wimped out and approved the pervert Kavanaugh for Justice be able to stand up for what is right? Will they pass some needed bills and then override the Demented One's veto? Will they refuse to allow military funding and manpower to build that damn wall? Will the man run rampant over the country with that very dangerous precedent of emergency power and then what? Will the Party just cede the last shreds of its dignity to the man who scares them beyond all reasonability?
      Most importantly, this man has taken away the brakes on the extreme right and the extreme left. It is no longer not the done thing to be open about hating others, to lie about hating others even as the hatred grows. We are now allowed to oh so cleverly call the hatred by other names so it becomes acceptable. Wrong, so wrong, and it must be stopped.
     So now we have rapists and murderers, drug smugglers, threatening to take over the country and just forget about the fact that we have left out the other drug business people. These are little brown people - but oops, shhhh, do not say that out loud. Do not call it anti Semitism, but just the exercise of free speech when the Israel Philharmonic comes to town and it is booed, ostracized, criticized, demonized. 
     And the gall of it all, when this Demented One, the leader of the haters, brings in a survivor of the Pittsburgh slayings, as if his own nasty mouth and embrace of right wing haters did not contribute to this! Hypocrisy at its worst! This is like saying that Hitler did not want the Final Solution - another euphemism - because he once had a good friend who was Jewish. Hogwash!!!!!!
     So how to run a country? With honesty? With subterfuge only to save the country in a time of danger, such as war or terrorist attacks? With leaders who have to prove at least a modicum of intelligence, a working and functioning brain, no signs of dementia, and a work ethic. One with a proper physical exam so as to be sure as to what we have. It is possible, but a long slog back to the way it should be and we must get started on it immediately.
      That is the way to run a country. That is the way it should be done. Now let us make sure it is done.